How to Use hornbeam in a Sentence

hornbeam

noun
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  • Some species don a medley all at once, or are more potluck with their hues, like sweet gum and American hornbeam.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But there was rapid, smooth healing in such trees as hornbeam and Southern magnolia.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Alden Hopkins replaced boxwood in the Ellipse with the iconic hornbeam hedge.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Craddock is using branches of beech, birch and hornbeam to complete her wedding look.
    — Aj Willingham, Cnn design: Megan Pendergrass, CNN, 2 May 2018
  • Redbud and sweetgum, chokecherry and crabapple, hornbeam and plum.
    — Marc McAndrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Craddock's team plans to use white garden roses, peonies and foxgloves, as well as branches of beech, birch and hornbeam for the chapel's floral displays.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Now there are stretches where the trees close in above you, such as the segment above Fremont Street where strawberry trees with their smooth orangey trunks reach over the walkway and meet the European hornbeam across the way.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Flowers and plants such as beech, birch and hornbeam, peonies, foxgloves and white garden roses are expected to be used in the arrangements.
    — Fox News, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Its yew trees, themselves a replacement for the original hornbeam, are threadbare in places where eager visitors have brushed up against them.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Frank and other scientists had observed that truffles always grew around certain trees, such as beeches, hornbeams, oaks, and pines.
    — Ferris Jabr, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
  • The wedding arrangements also included branches of beech, birch and hornbeam as well as foxgloves and peonies.
    — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 20 May 2018
  • Her team plans to use white garden roses, peonies and foxgloves, as well as branches of beech, birch and hornbeam for the floral displays, which will be distributed to local charities after the wedding.
    — Judith Vonberg, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The inventory also includes such underused but lovely native trees as the scarlet and overcup oaks, the Kentucky coffee tree and the American hornbeam and hophornbeam.
    — Adrian Higgins, idahostatesman, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Bialowieza’s towering oaks, hornbeams and spruces, plus the European bison and other endangered species that roam beneath their canopies, offer a unique glimpse of the continent’s ecological past.
    — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Take the Hornbeam Trail, interspersed with the American hornbeam, a distinctive tree also called the musclewood — so named because the bark resembles rippling muscles.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Harry and Meghan used florist Philippa Craddock to design their wedding flowers, and the couple included white garden roses, foxgloves, and peonies, along with branches of beech, birch, and hornbeam in their arrangements.
    — Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, 12 July 2018
  • And when possible, Craddock will also be using flowers and plants that are in season and blooming naturally in May, which will include branches of beech, birch and hornbeam, as well as white garden roses, peonies and foxgloves.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Among the seasonal branches of beech, birch and hornbeam – along with plenty of Meghan’s favorite peonies – it was also revealed that the florist would be incorporating white garden roses into the floral displays, which were Diana’s favorite flower.
    — Marcia Moody, Town & Country, 8 May 2018
  • There are other possibilities, like other maples, dogwood, hornbeam, etc.
    — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Royal florist Philippa Craddock incorporated local, in-season blooms with lots of greenery including branches of beech, birch and hornbeam as well as white garden roses, foxgloves, and peonies to create the lush, romantic arrangements.
    — Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 4 Sep. 2021

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